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- Grade Range
- 10th - 12th
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Students identify and explain the use of symbolism in literature. By expanding the common definition of symbolism to include characters, dialogue, narrator's description, events, actions, students can more effectively identify symbolism and its role. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 11th - 12th
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Students examine the common themes and characteristics of children's literature. They develop a list of characteristics, read and discuss examples of children's literature, and create an original children's book. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 10th - Higher Ed
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Students participate in a practice session of a literature circle using a reading sample about Jazz. They concentrate on the WH-questions in small groups and share out in the whole group setting after completing their designated roles. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 3rd - 5th
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Students use visualization to construct meaning from a piece of literature. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 5th
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Students participate in a literature circle for the story, "The Terrible Wave." They read the first two chapters as a class, conduct Internet research on a natural disaster, and create a PowerPoint presentation with their reading group. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 7th - 12th
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Students, in a Spanish classroom, research Spanish speaking countries and create a PowerPoint presentation of that country. They are to use art, literature, history and culture in the presentation. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 3rd - 5th
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Students apply the reading strategy of visualization to increase comprehension of a piece of literature. They create mental images while reading or listening to a chapter book and draw pictures of the images. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 8th - 9th
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Students examine the history of the Holocaust through literature. Using different pieces of literature, they critique the items in terms of being historical accurate and its value in telling the stories of the Holocaust. They create a timeline putting the major events into chronological order. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 11th - 12th
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Students begin the lesson with a review of the elements of poetry. Individually, they read a variety of poems and literature one white and one black author focusing on decay, sterility and alienation. They identify these images within their poems and write their own poems using these ideas as well. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 5th - 12th
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Students respond to pieces of literature by completing a series of writing prompts either about the events in the story, or from the point of view of one of the characters. They focus on presenting the main characters and overarching themes of each book in a way that is relevant to today's society. Prompts are given for several books in a variety of genres that can easily be adapted to accommodate a wide variety of literature. Full Review »

